Eric Hoffer

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

You can never get enough of what you don’t really need.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your happiness does not get to be dependent on anything.

Pursue whatever it is that you want to do with your life. It is the only secret to happiness that I know except for maybe true love, that and maybe having the amazing health insurance plan that our congressmen have.

Don’t worry, be happy!

When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy, it’s only necessary to be rich.

You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived.

Happiness, wealth, and success are the byproducts of goal setting; they cannot be the goals themselves.

If you want to be happy, be.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to haunt for happiness

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Happy is harder than money. Anyone who thinks money will make them happy, doesn’t have money.